Community Milestones

The experience of Canadian communities that have been making positive changes for a number of years has informed the development of five critical milestones on the way to becoming age-friendly. This approach recognizes that communities have different needs and capacities in relation to the eight domains of an age-friendly community.

The Age Friendly Communities milestones are:

Establish an Age-Friendly Committee

Secure the support of your municipal government

Assess the community, determining where Age-Friendly initiatives are needed

Develop and implement an action plan

Prepare to evaluate each stage of the project and each of its initiatives